The first rule about handicapping Congressional races is not to assume that just because Congress is unpopular, individual Members of Congress are endangered. If you mistakenly made that assumption, you might think that just because the Democratic Congress is held in historically low esteem by the voters, individual Members of Congress are threatened for re-election. This year, the Democratic Congress sees its ratings in the toilet, and Republicans face tougher re-election fights:
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